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Jewish settlements issue has caused serious crisis in US-Israel relations, and Mr. Netanyahu hopes to mend fences when he meets Mr Obama Israel is setting out its strategy for a White House summit on Tuesday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his upcoming White House meeting will focus on advancing peace talks with the Palestinians. After two months of indirect talks mediated by the United States, Mr. Netanyahu told Israel's Cabinet it is time to begin face-to-face negations.

http://globalpolitician.com/articledes.asp?ID=2499&cid=1&sid=24Global Politician, NY Political Correctness — The Revenge of Marxism Fjordman - 2/20/2007 I have heard people who have grown up in former Communist countries say that we in the West are at least as brainwashed by Multiculturalism and Political Correctness as they ever were with Communism, perhaps more so. Even in the heyday of the East Bloc, there were active dissident groups in these countries. The scary thing is, I sometimes believe they are right. But how is that possible? Don’t we have free speech? And we have no Gulag? [...] Right away, everyone would have said: ‘Fascism won’t...

Six Muslims stand trial over terror plot SIX alleged Muslim radicals with links to the murderer of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh go on trial today accused of plotting terrorist attacks on Dutch politicians and government buildings.